Reparations supporters in Amherst are considering draft language for a bill in the state legislature that would allow town officials to give individual African-Americans money from town funds.
Reparations is a proposal to use public funds for black people to make up for slavery and discrimination.
Former congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-Newton) wants NAACP Boston president Tanisha Sullivan to be the next Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts.
Kennedy endorsed the Democrat over the longtime incumbent she is primarying: Bill Galvin.